Oops.

Yes.  I did forget to go to puppy class.  I didn't remember until Henry, Greg and I stopped mid-walk to practice.  It was a high school moment.  "Oh my gosh.  It has already started.  I'm tardy already!  I will not be able to get to the class until half way through - so all the teaching will be done.  Henry will be humiliated to have to dopiest human."  Next week is the test week.  We are going to have to practice like crazy.

Today!  University of Washington Husky football.  Naturally it will not be on the television in Southern California - but we can stream it with on-line radio.  I'm listening now. The pre-game show really sounds like that sequence from Big Trouble about the Gator Fans.  Henry and I are going to listen.  We cannot see the UW Husky, but maybe we will get to hear him bark.



In preparation of that manly sport, football, Henry can be seen here getting hyped up for the game with his puppy partner.

Big news!  Greg found the game on Root TV.  Yippee!!

Yae Huskies!  Henry ...  I mean UW won!

Second Puppy Class

Thursday 10 a.m.
Last Thursday the instructor's stated plan was that every puppy will pass the class.  He is a nice young man and I would hate to see him disappointed.  Last week we learned how to make the puppy focus on us and how to teach the pups to sit.  Henry does both when not distracted.

However....if you are a "Psych" fan you saw how easily Gus distracted Shawn with a candy bar.  Put that in the context of Henry getting distracted by a feather falling silently in another room and out of sight.

Henry wants to please so completely....oh, what?  Butterfly, bird, grass, bee, dust, paper scrap ... and of course the universal nemesis ... an interesting smell.

Practice, practice, practice!

Thursday 8 p.m.
Hum ... puppy class was amazing.  Amazing if my dog had been asked to perform jumps and barks and skittering.  Henry was so excited to see all the other dogs.  We practiced in the glass room for awhile then went into the store to reinforce all the lessons Henry had not absorbed.  He was darling.  So excited!  Dogs, dogs, dogs, dogs .... Henry was in heaven. Considering Henry, we did okay.

What we are working on (still):
1. focus (On me.)
2. sit and stay there for at least 30 seconds (Ha, fat chance so far.)
3. walk loose leash (Maybe 3 steps tops without pulling today.)
4. down and hold that for at least 30 seconds (I get his head close to the floor and he gets the treat.  I'll have to try when he is exhausted and wants to go down.)